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“The 2020 election is in “recount territory” and “I’ve seen elections change as a result of” recounts.”
Scott Fitzgerald Wisconisn Senate Majority Leader, R-Juneau. a TV interview. Claim dated 8 Nov 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True

What PolitiFact found

Yes, some local races have flipped after recounts, but no race in the U.S. flipped with a margin near the 20,000-vote lead Biden has in Wisconsin.

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In short

Scott Fitzgerald (Wisconisn Senate Majority Leader, R-Juneau) made this claim around 8 November 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 November 2020, 10 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.

Scott Fitzgerald has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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